guitarman

I have this reciever. You will be happy with it. Don't need externals (except for subs) unless you want 11.2, like me. I run the fronts off a McIntosh and the other 9 off the AVR. A QSC powers the subs and another QSC the bass shakers. It works. PS. I could never get my 12v trigger to work....I think it must just be me.

Some very good advice in here. My La Scalas have very little low bass. They are not in corners. But I already knew this. If I run my Denon in Direct mode (sans subs and crossovers), the bass disappears. Mid bass (100-250Hz) kicks at louder volumes though. Audyssey and the subs make all the difference. I have an 805 too (in the living room powering a 5.1 setup) and I know it has enough power. Good luck. A pic of my setup.

Sweet.

Read this with great interest. I use a Denon 4311 with La Scalas (F), Fortes (Wides), KT-LCR ©, SS 1 (Heights and back), RS 3 (surround) and 2 DIY subs. All Audyssey is trying to do is get the reference volume for all speakers set to 75db where the mic is located. The sub is in the same boat. In other words, the level of any speaker (including the sub) doesn't have anything to do with any other speaker...they are all trying to get to 75db at the listening position (which is the first mic position). If all the speakers are at -12db, then you need to put the mic further away. Point the mic straight up. If they are still out of whack, you'll need to get a Radio Shack meter and adjust the levels manually. Nothing wrong with that at all. All it means is that when your volume is at 0 (on the relative scale which equats to 75db), you'll actually be listening at a louder level. (Example: Audyssey sets your La Scalas at -12. You adjust all the speakers with the Radio Shack meter and the La Scalas end up at -8. When you set the volume control to 0, you'll be at 79db instead of 75db.) Usually no one complains if its a little louder. I always tweak my levels (some call them trims) for each channel with the rat shack meter. Usually involve bumping the center 1 or 2 db and bumping the sub 4-5 db.

Take the tubes out and put them back in again. Try not to get them dirty (i.e. use a rag or wear latex gloves). Wiggle them a little bit in the sockets. Plug into a different outlet. Use a ground lift adapter on the plug. Check flourescent lights in the area. Edit: Saw you already eliminated cable issues. You got it used? Tubes could be just wore out. Fresh tubes do make a difference.

Windows Media Player or Media Center and Shark007 codec pack is all you need to play anything and everything.

KT-LCR THX MTM speaker. L C R F.pdf

+1 what wuzzzer said.

Thanks for the comments. I will definately post a few pics in that thread as soon as I get the room cleaned up a little. As far as the center speaker, the wife and I watched the latest Harry Potter and Real Steel tonight. I did not re-run Audyssey yet, although I did check the levels and I ended up having to lower the center by about 1.5db. New woofers more efficient? Hmmm. Anyway, right now, honestly, I cannot tell that it sounds different. I did run the shake and rattle (or whatever they call it) from a BD that caused some buzzing in the center before. Now, there is no buzzing, so at least I have piece of mind knowing that.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=21448228#post21448228 If anyone is interested, I posted some pics of the rebuild of my center speaker at AVS (at the end of the thread). As an update to what's there, I am listening to it now, and it sounds fine. I'll have to watch a few movies to really know if I "fixed" the mid bass heaviness that I wanted to get rid of. Just want dialog to be more intelligible. Can't say enough about the quality of Bob's work.

Set the output to DTS MA in the BD menu. Sometimes this is under "Language" but most new BDs set it to MA by default; some do not. I am not familiar with your AVR, but usually there is a button labeled "Standard" (on the AVR remote) that you should press.

two minutes in Photoshop. We could do this all day.....

Happy New Year.

Not underpowered with Klipsch speakers. You get Audyssey MultiEQ XT also, unlike the Marantz (just MultiEQ).

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=20422004#post20422004 Read the above post. The AVR-1712 looks like a good fit for you.